List of sites in France rather like UK Cls
Would the moderators and community manager be interested in a Sticky in this section where members can add to a list of sites similar to CLs they have found in France?
I can start the hall rolling with a few that we ourselves found at different times - but being French they are not restricted to members only and not rigidly limited to five outfits as CLs are - just informal, rural, privately owned sites where it would be surprising to find more than a handful of others there.
I will wait and hear whether the moderators think the idea is worth pursuing
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I think it's a good idea. I'm in several other groups where people are looking for quiet sites, like CLs, and whilst we have found one or two gems in one particular area which I can recommend, I am sure there must be many others around.
I would add that sites which we have found have always had toilets and showers, and waste facilities, but we've also found a tiny site with a swimming pool, and another with an excellent 'restaurant' - actually a beautifully cooked meal, shared with the site owner and his family.0 -
Le Relais des Garennes at Montbert (Loire Atlantique) - about 15 miles south of Nantes.
A nicely landscaped garden, woodland and grassland site - 6 pitches..Decent facilities. French owners. Well established so likely that members know of it already. . Open June to Septemberi inclusive... Details, prices and photos on line.0 -
Le Grange de Campaulise,near Mazan (Vaucluse) - about 12 miles east of Carpentras.
6 pitches in front of a rather grand farmhouse - some way from the village but bread delivered and garden produce available. Modern purpose built toilets, showers and swimming pool - of which we had exclusive private access for a few days till someone else turned up. Downside was the heat in midsummer and lack of shade. Has a website with info.0 -
Thr ACSI web site has a section which lists quieter sites in France and elsewhere .
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Camping le Pesquie near Eygalieres (Bouches du Rhône)
10 pitches so a bit big for a CL, but they are scattered in garden, verges and orchard behind the big house.- there was just one other outfit with us in the orchard - fruit trees and tall cypresses - but the tree house and the wooden tent were empty.
Madame Perret has help these days to keep the place tidy, serve drinks, and put hand lotion and cosmetics in the homely shower block. Her choir was giving a concert and she invited us to go. Not a commercial site!
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Farm camping in the Ardeche - Graverolle - St Alban Auriolles. Site with pool. Sanitary block with 3 showers with hot water, 2 toilets, 1 urinal, 2 sinks, 2 cubicle sinks, 1 washing machine, 1 laundry sink. Electric hook-ups. The little vaulted shop sells farm produce and local wines. Three mobile homes have been added to the site since we were there. Boulangerie and small supermarket nearby.
Actually it now has 25 pitches, in an orchard, so too big to qualify but still worth recommending in an area full of huge commercial sites.0 -
Le Cormier not far from Loches is run by British couple and has about 12 pitches with some self catering for those that want it.
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Just remembered another small site we stayed at just south east of St.Remy de Provence at the foothills of Les Alpilles. From recollection there was room for about 10-12 pitches. Excellent simple base for walking, cycling and birdwatching.
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Manzac Ferme midway between Piegut Pluviers and Nontron, west Dordogne, adults only
La Tournerie, near Mntignac-Lascaux, not far from Sarlat, adults only
https://la-tourneriecamping.com/
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Great idea. We have found several quiet sites off season in larger campsites. So they would not be included. We find many sites that stay open all year or open early have mobile homes. We look on google earth to see where they are situated. For instance last year we stayed 2 weeks with a mazimum of 6 campers at Camping Les Flamants Roses
Looks just like the place you do not want to go! Offseason everything "extra" closed and we chose the site to suit which even meant I could run the hose across to a filling tap for the water barrel each day 😀 The trick we find is not to book but look. Then extend the stay when happy. The mobile homes were away from us and no problem.
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This new forum doesn't give moderators the tools we had previously. One can only contact Rowena and discuss it with her.
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It appears the new forum is not so good then if moderators can not send messages.
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No change from before in regard to comms @footlooserv. I think Jill means the mods do not have the power to make a 'sticky'.
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@JillwithaJay we, both Wherenext and myself, have raised this matter, of stickies, with Rowena a while ago and she was going to contact the IT section to see what could be done. We have yet to hear back but I fear that they will not be able to do so, therefore the post will get swamped by new posts unless someone continues to add a comment on a very regular basis.
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As I mentioned in another thread my online research seems to suggest that Vanilla Foundation Forums, which this forum uses as its base software seems not to have "stickies" as a feature. I base this on internet questions asking how to create a sticky and the answers all come up the same. Whilst the old forum had it's shortcomings there were some useful features that we now miss. Mind you I hope there are a lot of new features that we do like. Whilst stickies are useful I do think that in some sections of the old forum they were overused to the point where the entire front page was taken up by them.
David
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@DavidKlyne I don't think it quite as bad as you have just made out about the overloading of a discussion. Perhaps the number of stickies could have been limited but that was the responsibility of the powers that be, however they were very useful and at least as far as I for one am concerned they were a great asset.
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I think stickies need to be reviewed every so often to see if they’re still needed. Some on the old CT were ancient of no further interest and should have been unstuck.
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Surely the bookmark feature means you can easily call up anything you are interested in, I accept that it means the post will move down the list and disappear for new users but for individuals particularly interested in them they are easy to find and add to. I agree with TW, on the old forum they didn’t appear to be anyone’s responsibility once created and often just served to clutter the front page.
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